Mouse with vertigo [Archive] - Talk Photography

Janice

14-04-2007, 07:12

Our cat, Lucy, was running up the lamp and curtain last night!

Then my son came into the room and noticed this little chap on top of the curtain!!

http://www.janicehobbs.com/Mousecurtain.jpg

http://www.janicehobbs.com/Mousecurtainclose.jpg

I locked the catflap with the cats out all night.... to give it chance to get away!

This morning it had only progressed down as far as the windowsill!

It's now under the bookcase with the cat standing guard licking her lips so all my work in vain !!

NATURE PREVAILS!! :D

Kandy Jones

14-04-2007, 08:39

Got any tin foil tubes or the like? My cat regaularly brings these little chaps in and I now leave several tubes behind awkward places i.e. book shelves so they can get in and I carry the tube out with mouse in and release it! Try putting a tube somewhere near the mouse with a bit of peanut butter in - they like it, smell it and hopefully will go in and eat!

tiler65

14-04-2007, 08:46

Its not a mouse its a RAT squish it :bat:

:D

Janice

14-04-2007, 08:53

Its not a mouse its a RAT squish it :bat:

:D

OI that little munchkin was about 2" long....leave it alone its gorgeous. :bat:

cwinhall

14-04-2007, 09:40

OI that little munchkin was about 2" long....leave it alone its gorgeous. :bat:
Yeah don't squish it! Why deprive the cat of it's fun!? :nono: :naughty:

:help:

staffitaxi

14-04-2007, 11:38

Oh bless

Can't you just pick it up and put it in a cardboard box and take to a slightly safer place nearby and let it go?

Poor little thing.

Andrea

Janice

14-04-2007, 12:11

I cant catch it. (that's "catch it" ... not...."cat sh*t!")

sawman

14-04-2007, 12:29

Janice. What you have there is a young rat, judging by the tail. Too heavy for a moosie.

Janice

14-04-2007, 12:33

Surely at 2" long it wouldnt be covered in hair if it was a baby rat...it would still be in the nest?

Dont want to be arrogant...but Im damned sure it is a mouse...we do have lots around here. (not in the house you understand!.... we're surrounded by fields so they are all over)

Weggy

14-04-2007, 12:46

Looks like a fieldmouse to me...?

Janice

14-04-2007, 12:47

Same here. :thumbs:

If you compare this baby rat (http://www.artmonstergirl.com/pets/imagefiles/DSC_3998.JPG) the rat has smaller ears, smaller eyes, and a longer nose.

Cobra

14-04-2007, 13:30

Its a house moose I mean mouse, Janice
You can get humane traps that are a little like a see saw, mouse goes, in door shuts behind, forget the cheese, bait with something tasty like chocolate.
Nnd don't forget to "re-locate" some distance away or it will likely return with its mates

sawman

14-04-2007, 18:28

I would whack it just to be on the safe side.HeHe

Janice

14-04-2007, 18:29

I would whack it just to be on the safe side.HeHe

No need, Sawman......later found it in the garden.........well its head anyway! :gag:

sawman

14-04-2007, 18:38

No need, Sawman......later found it in the garden.........well its head anyway! :gag:

Aww.
Puir wee sleekit coorin timerous beastie.
Bet there are no others on the forum that recite poems to you!!

Janice

14-04-2007, 18:57

Bet there are no others on the forum that recite poems to you!!

I think it might be just as well!! :D :lol: ;)

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:00

I think it might be just as well!! :D :lol: ;)

That was Rabbie Burns that was! Got hurt feelings now.

Janice

14-04-2007, 19:01

That was Rabbie Burns that was! Got hurt feelings now.

Awww dont wait till January 25th, go and have some haggis and neaps and tatties!! ;)

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:10

Awww dont wait till January 25th, go and have some haggis and neaps and tatties!! ;)

Oh a richt then seein as its you.

Cobra

14-04-2007, 19:13

I would whack it just to be on the safe side.HeHe

So would I but don't tell Janice :D

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:17

So would I but don't tell Janice :D

Its OK for me Janice & I have an "understanding". I understand she is at the other end of the country from me!!

Janice

14-04-2007, 19:18

Its OK for me Janice & I have an "understanding". I understand she is at the other end of the country from me!!

And I "understand" that every 6 years or so, she goes on holiday!!!!! :D :lol:

Be afraid, be very afraid! :D

Si240

14-04-2007, 19:21

Janice, I've had mouse problems for a while, and last time I tried catching one it shot up my trouser leg.. the wife and I couldn't do anything for laughing. I now have a device that plugs in the mains socket - "pestcontro" by lentek and yes the "L" is missing) which emits a sonic pulse throughout the wiring in the house..... for the mice it's like playing old Rick Astley records at full volume and not surprisingly they have all packed up and left. Cost about £45 but much better than mucking about with traps of baits like I used to, with limited results.

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:24

And I "understand" that every 6 years or so, she goes on holiday!!!!! :D :lol:

Be afraid, be very afraid! :D

Oh Help!
When did the six year count start?
Does that mean you will be coming to Scotland to look for Dippers?
Posted a pick of a Dipper nest elsewhere for you. Does that get me out of trouble?

Janice

14-04-2007, 19:28

Oh Help!
When did the six year count start??

about 3 years ago!

Posted a pick of a Dipper nest elsewhere for you. Does that get me out of trouble?

I guess so.......................for the moment! ;)

Thanks Si,

I think I will leave it to the cats.............Rick Astley is more than I can take! :D :lol:

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:31

[QUOTE=Janice;238183]about 3 years ago!

I guess so.......................for the moment! ;)

Does that mean we have a date in three years?

Janice

14-04-2007, 19:34

[Does that mean we have a date in three years?only if I can see your Dipper! :D :lol: :naughty: :woot:
Or if you take me into the woods and show me your peacock! :D

Enough! Ive started coughing with my asthma now, from laughing! :D :gag:

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:38

only if I can see your Dipper! :D :lol: :naughty: :woot:
Or if you take me into the woods and show me your peacock! :D

Enough! Ive started coughing with my asthma now, from laughing! :D :gag:

Canna wait! Three years should give me enough time to train the peacock!

Janice

14-04-2007, 19:41

Canna wait! Three years should give me enough time to train the peacock!

to do what?? :eek:

Good job most dippers are well trained already! ;)

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:45

to do what?? :eek:

Good job most dippers are well trained already! ;)

Why to rise & display for you dear lady.

Janice

14-04-2007, 19:49

ah I see now! thank you for explaining that!

sawman

14-04-2007, 19:52

ah I see now! thank you for explaining that!

You WILL see!

kissfoto

15-04-2007, 04:41

Common House Mouse. No RAT.

Ladybird

15-04-2007, 12:47

Hi Janice, what an adorable mouse!!!! i think it's a dormouse, field mice have a slimmer nose and are a more tan colour... unless I have that the wrong way round? :bonk: either way it is a mouse!!! x x x

Cobra

15-04-2007, 13:37

Sorry Ladybird its nothing like a dormouse its a common or garden house mouse
http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th1k.htm

Ladybird

15-04-2007, 16:23

I wasn't sure, do you know what this is? i thought field mouse,

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/917/mousie_027c.jpg

it's a very lucky mouse, rescued from the jaws of next doors cat, nursed back to health! and released again. for the cat to try again no doubt!!!!!

Janice

15-04-2007, 16:35

The size of those eyes...it looks like the same critter!

Cobra

15-04-2007, 16:47

I wasn't sure, do you know what this is? i thought field mouse,
it's a very lucky mouse, rescued from the jaws of next doors cat, nursed back to health! and released again. for the cat to try again no doubt!!!!!

Its difficult to tell without seeing the rest of it but I think Field mouse going on the shape of the face